Had the day off work.  Since my knees have been hurting so much I tried some old cupsoles – 288S.  I did some shoves and 180s in the street before Jake showed.  We arrived to a mostly empty park and it would remain mostly empty until the end when a bunch of people showed.  Initially I felt alright and was happy about the shoe change, but it would start to also cause a more intense knee pain that was worse.  Jake and I tried to manual the pad.  Neither of us got it, but both were close.  That was one of the few positives of the session for me, getting up the box pretty easily for a brief period.   I had done a few basics, but got hung up on front 50s and kickflips to fakie on the end of the twinky thing.  I would never get them, or too close to noseslide 270 shove.  At one point I bailed a noseslide and screamed then pretty much went and sat down after that.  Chatted with the homie Cass who had randomly shown up.  Then filmed Jake rip the pool wall with front rock, feeble fakie and front pivot.  Wow.  He had done a lot of his moves on the ledge, quarterpipes, everything.

(setup null 8.5 plant life deck, jessup ultragrip, venture 5.8 trucks (red cast baseplate titanium hanger), venom bushings (88a big, 91a small one flat washer), spitfire f4 52mm radial slim 101a wheels, new balance numeric 212 mustard size 11.5, footprint mid elite insoles)
(pain level 6/10 knees)  

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